tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486575491430944292024-03-18T19:44:32.654-07:00The Grind Writers Group (since 2006)For members and friends of The Grind Writers Group, a creative writing group in Vancouver, Canada. And for interested writers anywhere who'd like to connect. Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-80593079527884097802023-04-06T19:21:00.000-07:002023-04-06T19:21:00.318-07:00The Grind Writers Group 2023 meetings information<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We're in our 17th year. Currently The Grind Writers Group is on a short hiatus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We will resume our meetings on Zoom soon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In-person meetings may resume in the future, but for now it's Zoom. Meanwhile, please join us on Facebook. <br /><br /><span style="color: #800180;">Please email - grind writers at gmail dot com - if you are interested in attending.</span></span></p>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-25406353615047905752021-09-11T20:42:00.003-07:002023-04-06T19:15:14.887-07:00Schedule for fall 2021<p> Please email for an updated schedule to:</p><p>Put "Request meeting schedule" in subject line.</p><p>grindwriters at gmail dot com</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-5093887477390346202020-09-04T13:21:00.003-07:002023-04-06T19:14:54.897-07:00Grind Writers 2020 schedule at Sept 4, 2020<p>Grind Writers 2020</p><p>Because of the Covid19 pandemic, the in-person meetings of The Grind Writers Group are on hold until further notice. For more information, email: grindwriters at gmail dot com or find our group on Facebook. </p><p><br /></p><p>Stay safe, be well!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-42475341992820548072020-02-26T11:05:00.000-08:002020-02-26T11:05:08.244-08:002020 schedule Grind Writers Group<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;"><b>Grind Writers Group<br />2020 dates</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;">Please email grindwriters at gmail dot com<br />before attending the first time for details of location, times, etc.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br />
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Jan 18</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">June 06<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Feb 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">June 20 <b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">LRC</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Feb 15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">July 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Feb 29<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">July 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mar 14 <b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">LRC</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Aug 15<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mar 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Aug 29<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apr 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sept 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apr 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Oct 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 16.25pt;"><td rowspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); height: 16.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">May 9 <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">LRC</span></b></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; height: 16.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Oct 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 14.7pt;"><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; height: 14.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nov 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 13.5pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); height: 13.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">May 23<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; height: 13.5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nov 21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 19.45pt;"><td style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); height: 19.45pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.9pt;" valign="top" width="109"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); border-top: none; height: 19.45pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dec 5 <b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">LRC</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 12.65pt;"><td colspan="2" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 51, 153); height: 12.65pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 167.4pt;" valign="top" width="223"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: yellow; color: #403152; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">***</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #403152; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Note: </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please check your email the night before/ morning of (especially during winter) for any cancellations.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;" /></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-12375314928946155742020-01-31T14:29:00.003-08:002020-01-31T20:33:46.953-08:00DrawBridge: Appreciating Joan Boxall's book <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<h4 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A BOOK APPRECIATION </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">by Margo Lamont</span></span></h4>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjvMDYyqsrA6ea3wnxi4v4BBAlZaNcUx6HPXJtPvA-wrJoZmL3JeWdljBMNZsqUQL3I0H7XbqkkuFV_ofUgbavauX0qKGjbW-8rCdhAnGTsNIR8-svgSNpshrA57uoFo60pTt94ztKAwV/s1600/Drawbridge+cover+fr+Caitlin+press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjvMDYyqsrA6ea3wnxi4v4BBAlZaNcUx6HPXJtPvA-wrJoZmL3JeWdljBMNZsqUQL3I0H7XbqkkuFV_ofUgbavauX0qKGjbW-8rCdhAnGTsNIR8-svgSNpshrA57uoFo60pTt94ztKAwV/s400/Drawbridge+cover+fr+Caitlin+press.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/DrawBridge-Drawing-Alongside-Brothers-Schizophrenia/dp/177386002X" target="_blank">DRAWBRIDGE: </a></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/DrawBridge-Drawing-Alongside-Brothers-Schizophrenia/dp/177386002X" target="_blank">Drawing Alongside My </a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/DrawBridge-Drawing-Alongside-Brothers-Schizophrenia/dp/177386002X" target="_blank">Brother’s Schizophrenia</a> </span></b></span></b></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Caitlin
Press, 2019<br />by Joan Boxal</span>l</span></b></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
<o:p></o:p></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">What an
interesting book about a poignant journey which also acts as a memorial to a
once long-lost sibling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.joanboxall.com/" target="_blank">Joan Boxall</a> documents her quest to connect with her brother, painter Stephen
Corcoran, from whom she and her several siblings have been pretty much
estranged for many years due to a combination of mental health issues, family
dynamics, time, space, circumstances, times of life, and all the things
that converge and roil to create this sort of breakage amongst family. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">I related
to this book because of efforts I made to connect with my brother through his
blindness and severe developmental disabilities. Only time did I ever feel it
happened, that we really connected—once when I was playing my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">djembé</i> for him. Joan in this book
documents how she tried and tried and tried to connect to her brother and his
art, to enhance her brother’s life—and sometimes succeeds. "I learn and imitate from other artists, but mostly from Steve, who is one of only a few using pastel sticks. It takes me back to hop-scotch patterns drawn on sidewaks..."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">It’s not
easy.</span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">"Schizophrenia had already done its worst, confounding Steve with voices, hallucinations and delusions. </span> </span></blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">At fifty-five, Steve was in a burn-out phase of schizophrenia with a hunger for creativity. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">Joan's efforts to connect with him through art soon become the vehicle of change." </span> </span></blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">-- Caitlin Press writeup</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">DrawBridge</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"> is a daisychain of word associations as Joan brings
in skeins of Steve’s history, art history, and the ups & downs of the
bonding journey they went on together, she ever hopeful. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nUdZrEfPKxivnX7D06awcW8paGPanvFxjC9b7IwkEgdrvVmOZUt_wuhWe68shuhrGV2IDif78XtYQLRfE7SO5xVYKp-MDHBm_3smzvzQRCA2zZgAgcGh0cAijg1R1iOHTRj7SoPuU4Yt/s1600/Steve+Corcoran+painting+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="483" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nUdZrEfPKxivnX7D06awcW8paGPanvFxjC9b7IwkEgdrvVmOZUt_wuhWe68shuhrGV2IDif78XtYQLRfE7SO5xVYKp-MDHBm_3smzvzQRCA2zZgAgcGh0cAijg1R1iOHTRj7SoPuU4Yt/s320/Steve+Corcoran+painting+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Stephen Corcoran's paintings</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Coming to
terms with a sibling’s mental health issues and with their death—with so many
unanswered questions, with being stuck in the land of suppositions and goodwill—is
not without its times of grief. In Joan’s quest, while Steve was alive, she
tries to translate Steve’s world into hers.</span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZRTRXBeBEU1bUCP1PwlMGGKZ7WYjuW8yvYZNFAg3ZrzqZHRaJvUgqKDjfvhlJT03Q_6GjZfH7dPjNqKKBldFA9P7o-8itlpaOnGWPkNoblPzfdHYYjYQ0hBmCDHlRCBiOMLY7RUiYT4A/s1600/Joan+in+kayak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZRTRXBeBEU1bUCP1PwlMGGKZ7WYjuW8yvYZNFAg3ZrzqZHRaJvUgqKDjfvhlJT03Q_6GjZfH7dPjNqKKBldFA9P7o-8itlpaOnGWPkNoblPzfdHYYjYQ0hBmCDHlRCBiOMLY7RUiYT4A/s1600/Joan+in+kayak.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan, kayaking</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /><br />Joan’s is a world of physical
movement, of the intellect and curiosity (she is a retired teacher). Steve
seems to view the world, and perhaps to try and explain his to us—through
paint, through colour and collage, through the intensity of his brush meeting
that canvass.<br /></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DtSuJHnl-hkyr9RGSxY0Lr37GOWWNPwyGndADwi-_4clUk6Io0J4M3WcUpe_uWNEPCkmmx-agC87KpyF5lQTto6tzXbk1Cx5Tfdp2IuGSNJsbZYzHUP3UjBv7Q974CtYt4TJgGw-Vjs3/s1600/Joan+bicycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DtSuJHnl-hkyr9RGSxY0Lr37GOWWNPwyGndADwi-_4clUk6Io0J4M3WcUpe_uWNEPCkmmx-agC87KpyF5lQTto6tzXbk1Cx5Tfdp2IuGSNJsbZYzHUP3UjBv7Q974CtYt4TJgGw-Vjs3/s200/Joan+bicycle.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan with cycling friends</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Joan makes a valiant attempt to bring Steve into her mainstream and it may not be unfair to say he resists her quite a lot of the way. But at some point they find their way as siblings who want to love each other, on their own and each other’s terms.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> They play <i>bocce</i> together: "The bending of rules evolves in how we relax ourselves and the rules as we go" and that also seems to apply, over time and to a degree, to the rules between them. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I don't like people," he says one day afer the art session ends. </span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
I've heard him say this before. I am hoping the reason he tells me is that I am becoming the exception. (from <i>DrawBridge)</i> </blockquote>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGupvhDIajYXabOjavLfbH3EIbLceFHE56qiu3zUP91d8ARFYM-zt3xeny-gh33TVrGoxfM73KyMp72p8Lhbxqp4JP96qB6eiaSfq6S_MhW_gmYxx2LEgkqoJZx6Xq_vmjjt0yyPSleHzo/s1600/Joan+Boxall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1544" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGupvhDIajYXabOjavLfbH3EIbLceFHE56qiu3zUP91d8ARFYM-zt3xeny-gh33TVrGoxfM73KyMp72p8Lhbxqp4JP96qB6eiaSfq6S_MhW_gmYxx2LEgkqoJZx6Xq_vmjjt0yyPSleHzo/s200/Joan+Boxall.jpg" width="192" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Boxall</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Especially
for those people who are dealing with this kind of situation—trying to develop
bridges as Joan does—this will be a rewarding read. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">DrawBridge</i> also has pictures
of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some of the paintings Steve did, some
of which a writing group Joan and I belonged to, wrote to, using Steve’s
paintings as writing prompts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br />This book
has so much heart, and hope, and soul in it. Many of you will recognize the
journey.<br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />______________<br /><br />Transparency: Thanks to Joan for the mention of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/819686218123471/" target="_blank">The Grind Writers Group </a>and of me in the book and in the Acknowledgements.</span></div>
</div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-75558292580270491812019-06-18T12:26:00.002-07:002019-10-24T16:20:26.814-07:00*Every*thing is a writing prompt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Absolutely
</span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">any</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">thing can work as a writing
prompt.<br /><br />Grind Writer, Malcolm van Delst </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Do-Wrong-Thing-Book-One-ebook/dp/B07GYMJTPL" target="_blank">(DoThe Wrong Thing)</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> proved this at our last meeting.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7worX9eeA8EpzReKEbibDizIpWufs4zQM8QzB4D_zbNPNW_RQzFx2wg8_04WZztf-MrT5XP2G8kxmYYt8htptgaW_pOW9u61uB5NcfiSFrbASVE6MThCrTMjKBAuwqkbdrbYbY09Kdfh/s1600/Malcolm+vanDelst+writing+prompt+June+2019+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7worX9eeA8EpzReKEbibDizIpWufs4zQM8QzB4D_zbNPNW_RQzFx2wg8_04WZztf-MrT5XP2G8kxmYYt8htptgaW_pOW9u61uB5NcfiSFrbASVE6MThCrTMjKBAuwqkbdrbYbY09Kdfh/s400/Malcolm+vanDelst+writing+prompt+June+2019+%25281%2529.jpg" width="336" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In
a box of writing prompts she found an old bottle of Beaver® brand sweet hot
mustard full of sand. It was a jury-rigged thing I had made to weigh down
the bottle which in turn held a sign at the writing table, and it got left in
the prompts box. <br /><br />Intrigued by this anomalous 3D object, she chose it as a writing
prompt. And look what she created out of that! It goes to show that when you
allow yourself to just write, when you let your mind free-wheel and say its
piece through your pen, you always come up with creative stuff. <br /><br />If you want to
hear this piece below in her voice, watch this <a href="http://www.malcolmvandelst.com/audio-video/do-the-wrong-thing-book-launch/" target="_blank">video of Malcolm reading at her <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do The Wrong Thing</i> book launch</a> first.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />____________________</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-outline-level: 1;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff0066;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Cat Litter in a Beaver Brand Sweet Hot Mustard/Moutard Sucree Forte Bottle,
Gold Medal Winner, 360 ml</span></span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>A free-wheeling free-write by Malcolm van Delst</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rj7T-GqAqh15x4bv4ht_Esy2v01w4KAe2fwtMbVYUZiM8PP9ldEcdfZzuJfbWYREqHSQmGRATLPNEnoIaYnAs4g6Gj8481Sg3MrKBwgojRTZqfeUQb_iyZCHkvq0_8yziFBa1WVabNtq/s1600/Malcolm+vanDelst+writing+prompt+June+2019+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7rj7T-GqAqh15x4bv4ht_Esy2v01w4KAe2fwtMbVYUZiM8PP9ldEcdfZzuJfbWYREqHSQmGRATLPNEnoIaYnAs4g6Gj8481Sg3MrKBwgojRTZqfeUQb_iyZCHkvq0_8yziFBa1WVabNtq/s320/Malcolm+vanDelst+writing+prompt+June+2019+%25282%2529.jpg" width="276" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All
right, it’s poem time! Poem, pome, mome. Mome-me. I can bring my mother into
anything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All
right, it’s poem time! Let’s get rid of her—the Mother, I mean—or, I don’t
mean—literally, I mean—Jesus Christ, can you not bring her into something just
this once?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She
didn’t like mustard or cats. She holds more than 360 ml of anything. She IS red
and yellow—oh, damn, look—I said I wasn’t going to bring her into this and here
she is: The Mother. All Hail the Red and Yellow Mother!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gold.
Medal. Winner. Every mother is a Gold Medal Winner, it’s baked into the role.
To every child, their mother is the absolute best, the center, the beginning
the life force the giver the taker the One and Only.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yeah,
it’s happening: Mom took this over. Whatever, Ma, you can have me. You got me.
You ol’ goat.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 163.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><br />
There. I insulted her and now, a short reprieve, reader, which I’ve indicated
with a double space.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Gold.
Medal. Winner. Ma. Mom. Monster. That movie starring Charlize Theron. There’s a
mother if ever there was one! “Mother.” In the sense of “heavy,” “large,”
“deserving of respect,” even if not love or admiration. Respect for the
audacity and evil. What kind of mother makes a mother like Elaine W—I’ll have
to look up her name afterwards, the real woman Charlize’s character is based on
in the movie, <i>Monster</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There
are ways to win medals—scratch that—there are ways to win fame that aren’t
based on being liked. Take this cat litter in the mustard bottle. Weird,
singular—what if the person who made this bottle left the remaining mustard in
before pouring in the litter? That would add to the <i>je ne sais quoi</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What
if a monster mother was thrown into this bottle, where she couldn’t mother
monster, monster mother? Bottled. Jailed—that would be it: what we do to our
criminals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I
like to think of a tiny monster mother bottled in the Beaver Brand Sweet Hot
Mustard bottle with the “Gold Medal Winner” sash on the bottom. I bet the
monster mother would like that, too. The sash, I mean, she wouldn’t like being
bottled, though really, that she is: bottled up—all that hate, anger and
anguish with nowhere to go, exploding. Like yellow mustard in a bottle on a hot
window ledge in the sun. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /><span style="color: red;">____________________</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 10.0pt;">
<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">©2019 Malcolm van Delst<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br /></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-32023485022098975592019-05-14T18:24:00.000-07:002019-06-17T13:49:31.780-07:00Interactive Writing from WriteOn Vancouver, The Grind Writers<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mF6TegtNYb2YRTvYGZJ2wXRdAwF8u3Y9flSbMrz-06mtnQQYYja1iIw7TKZ0tdxVBo-16ib1lsUknkt26mcLBj1y4fsBcq95ewcVqDCY7e4MBSdBunm3hUF_dkdTVit_Gfuf3SKVAnlD/s1600/WriteOn+Van+VPL+May+11%252C2019+%252811%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mF6TegtNYb2YRTvYGZJ2wXRdAwF8u3Y9flSbMrz-06mtnQQYYja1iIw7TKZ0tdxVBo-16ib1lsUknkt26mcLBj1y4fsBcq95ewcVqDCY7e4MBSdBunm3hUF_dkdTVit_Gfuf3SKVAnlD/s400/WriteOn+Van+VPL+May+11%252C2019+%252811%2529.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grind Writer Elizabeth McLean holding up <br />
the cover of <i>Swallows Uncaged,</i><br />
her book of historical fiction.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Grind Writers Group was invited to host a table at an
a daylong writing and publishing event, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">WriteOn
Vancouver,</i> produced by the Vancouver Public Library at their iconic downtown
location on May 11<span style="font-size: xx-small;">th</span>. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We accepted and everybody pitched in to copy handouts
(Margo, Glenn, Lorna); Glenn made a sign which was vital because otherwise we would
have been invisible in that lofty-ceilinged Promenade. And numerous Grind Writers manned our table and participated in a Pop-up Writing Group that
we hosted that day ... Beth Brooks who got the interactive Poetry and Story rolls
rolling ... Glenn Mori who made our sign and copied handouts and donated the
Web-press paper rolls ... Lorna Blake... Carol Flynn... Isabella Mori <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(A Bagful of Haiku: 87 Imperfections)...</i> Gillian Krantz... Karen Shauber... Malcolm van Delst <i>(Do The Wrong Thing)</i>... Elizabeth McLean <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Swallows
Uncaged);</i> and Mark Plimley --<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all of
whom who either manned the table, participated in our pop-up writing
group at the event, or both.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLBFuaIwEpJFzLJA_dFAahWDksiDpsZZlqWxLLRk-zzUBzobcbGQpevUuLjWbvRKpPO1NFT2Us4mumRrRDXYoRMvJTZ3ILqvPIMJWTZeF09qAlEtm8sRPra9uka0J_XbBR7f5sUlX487d/s1600/WriteOn+Van+VPL+May+11%252C2019+%252826b%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLBFuaIwEpJFzLJA_dFAahWDksiDpsZZlqWxLLRk-zzUBzobcbGQpevUuLjWbvRKpPO1NFT2Us4mumRrRDXYoRMvJTZ3ILqvPIMJWTZeF09qAlEtm8sRPra9uka0J_XbBR7f5sUlX487d/s640/WriteOn+Van+VPL+May+11%252C2019+%252826b%2529.jpg" width="479" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Promenade at the central branch<br />
of the Vancouver Public Library downtown<br />
<i>l to r: </i>Isabella, Carol; Lorna standing.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We originally proposed holding our writing group meeting at
the WriteOn Vancouver table so people unfamiliar with how a writing group goes
could watch us, or join in and write with us. Because of space issues on the
Promenade and the fact that we’d have needed 12 chairs at least, the Library proposed
that we host a Pop-up Writing Group instead. They’d provide us the room with
tables and chairs, pens and paper, and we would provide the prompts. So that
was our other interactive activity, along with the table and the two
collaborative-writing rolls. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Round Robin writing can be quite fun. You never know what’s going
to happen—whether the collective output will be inane or profound.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
</div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ROLL ON: COLLABORATIVE WRITING</b></span><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbo18_jg6kZbVv8giF_FoSgtWwux8Mv9e-wxoH2xpxnP6YmJPoevOa7sgDQWnd_Vdn4tqx68-D14KtYTjXWBK3nLS615Q-bYnOt39KTUoM-9HU4wx4bhxgPeGIrAty1CROJLu98XRrIut/s1600/WriteOn+Van+VPL+poetry+and+story+rolls+%25282b%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1436" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbo18_jg6kZbVv8giF_FoSgtWwux8Mv9e-wxoH2xpxnP6YmJPoevOa7sgDQWnd_Vdn4tqx68-D14KtYTjXWBK3nLS615Q-bYnOt39KTUoM-9HU4wx4bhxgPeGIrAty1CROJLu98XRrIut/s400/WriteOn+Van+VPL+poetry+and+story+rolls+%25282b%2529.jpg" width="354" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 17.7778px;">Grind Writer Lorna Blake and the<br />
interactive Story and Poetry rolls.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The paper looped
over the table, and people could add to the story in different coloured felt
pens. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">We decided to use that venerable and well-loved story opener <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It
was a dark and stormy night</i></b> as the prompt. Here’s what people going by
stopped and wrote:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a dark and stormy night<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">and the leaves on the tree branches were shielding me from
the cold wind </span></b><span style="color: #404040; font-size: xx-small;">(Anastasia)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two hawks flew out of their nets ad screetched:
Danger!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Danger?!” a mocking voice cackled from the rose bushes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A crowd had gathered at the meeting place, nervously
fidgeting in silence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #660066; line-height: 150%;">As is customary in such scenes, nothing happened,
until it did. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0066ff; line-height: 150%;">No
one expected… a 6 foot tall crow! A talking crow. A sarcastic crow. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cc3300; line-height: 150%;">“I have loved you all my life,” cawed the crow. </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #595959; line-height: 150%;">“Give
me warm. Give me soft.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #660066; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The crowd roared, its collective sound very much resembling the squawks of a murder of crows….<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #660066; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Murder?!” said the head crow. “I have some details……..”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“It is three days from now, the aliens from the ‘Egoland’
are visiting here.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“You’re losing it, ma. Back to Earth. We’ve enough
problems without that kind of company…”<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b0f0; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So of he went, back to where he came from, but more
humble.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 4.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;">THE POETRY ROLL</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 150%;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;">The prompt was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Like
wigs that birds live in.</i> </b>If that seems a bit obscure, it is. Talking
with Beth Brooks one day I used the phrase (in another context, about how
complicated some things are) and she said, “There’s the prompt.” So we went
with it. It seemed mysterious enough to launch poetic images. Maybe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Like wigs that birds live in<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;">my hair also carries the blossoms of life<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Anastasia)</span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cc3300; line-height: 150%;">These blossoms give birth to the next life<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Harinder)</span><br />
</span><span style="color: #0066ff; line-height: 150%;">The next life…
will it be my last?</span><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #9900ff; line-height: 150%;">If it is, what do you
plan to do with it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Gillian)</span><span style="color: #9900ff; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;">Eat chocolate, drink
wine, and dance<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Bonnie)</span><span style="color: #ff0066;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Libraries—the people’s
university!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #002060; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Truly liberating<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;">Liberating like the
energizing warmth of the May sun </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Janna)</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ff0066;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #9900ff; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Digging … surfacing the
depth of emotions<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 150%;">Plumbing our feelings and reactions, hoping somehow, <br />
some way, to make sense of<br />
the incomprehensible<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #404040; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=75000 lumo=25000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text1; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Margo)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="color: #00b0f0; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bang was given<br />
The Trudeau was forgiven<br />
We all hope health will<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #00b0f0; line-height: 150%;">Be intro------ </span><span style="color: #00b0f0;">(?)</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;">Spring by Hongyun Chen</span></i><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;"><br />
Spring can never go far<br />
The earth and the sun<br />
are in a lifetime of courtship<br />
The entanglement of one warm gaze<br />
is enough to all over again<br />
trap the heart.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b><br />
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-right: 117.0pt;">
<span style="height: 249px; margin-left: 449px; margin-top: 67px; mso-ignore: vglayout; position: absolute; width: 247px; z-index: 251659264;"><br /><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">
</span></span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WoNeUlUIQzsJy9ZpDPSnVje84pkfjP0hn6wSHYGrYS2LdP03JSa2ZRT_rA2Yt_6s1xTzrQYFBaG-uA7rTDylMML3B8WUhqbNomi4xOHYEDLZsi-jWv4wA1aJT4XotsS52v3N3yXMyRFK/s1600/FW+challenge+sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="1600" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WoNeUlUIQzsJy9ZpDPSnVje84pkfjP0hn6wSHYGrYS2LdP03JSa2ZRT_rA2Yt_6s1xTzrQYFBaG-uA7rTDylMML3B8WUhqbNomi4xOHYEDLZsi-jWv4wA1aJT4XotsS52v3N3yXMyRFK/s400/FW+challenge+sheet.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">THE FREE-WRITE CHALLENGE</span></span></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-right: -13.5pt;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our third interactive activity at our
WriteOn Vancouver table was issuing a Free-write Challenge to attendees. Depending on the kind of event, you can get a big response to this, or a
little. In this case, not too many people wanted to go off and do a 10-minute
timed free-write to a prompt we provided. But we are grateful for those who
did. Even in this small sample, genres ranged from poetry to sci-fi, social
essay, existential prose-poetry.</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-right: -13.5pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: cyan; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b></div>
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: cyan;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Free-write </span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
A blade of grass with dewdrops on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">– Dr. Idrenne Lim Alparaque</span></i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b>
<!--[endif]--></span></b><span style="color: #ff0066; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Free-write </span><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those green people? Are you shitting
me?! I mean they’re a few scales and a tail away from literally being
lizard-people! Don’t you guys read sci-fi? you really think all of sci-fi is
made up? no, don’t give me that look! I saw that flying saucer with my own eyes.
I saw that secret meeting of those so-called benevolent green-see-ers.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They see more than they want you to think,
for sure. But surely they ain’t benevolent. I don’t believe a word they say. Curing
addiction? Cleaning up tent-cities? </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please. </span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m sure they’re up to no good. I
don’t know where they’re taking all those poor people. Maybe they’re harvesting
them. And you know what?--when they run out of those, you and I are next. ’Cause
they can never get enough. Look!--there’s more and more of them each week! They’re
up in very corner! Where are all of these freaky monsters coming from? Where
have they been all this time? Oh, don’t tell me you actually believe their
stories of rebirth and being visited by the Great Green-Seer. These people are
not of this Earth. <br /><br />I don’t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remember any
of their faces. I mean, come on, this is a small town! It’s not like there are
so many strangers. How come none of us, or no-one we know has ever had a visit
from this Green-Seer dude? <br /><br />You wanna keep waiting? Or you wanna give yourself
up like these poor folks? None have come back yet, you know. this whole
green-hub mumbo-jumbo is a sham. They’ve started with them ’cause no-one’s gonna
care I they go missing. No-one’s gonna get worried, start asking questions.
Well, I’m afraid, if we don’t start asking questions now, soon it’ll be too
late<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Kasra Hassani</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: black;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b></b></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />Free-write </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Upside down… and mirrored.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 49.5pt; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is it real? What is reality? Maybe that’s too much to think
about. Just take a look and let the light bounce off of the water, the trees,
the moss growing in the shade.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take it all in without a thought of
doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Do you feel it? This moment is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">–Luyi Wang<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=448657549143094429" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Free-write <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prompt: write a story or poem about someone struggling
with insomnia.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">White Nights<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rain and wind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Outside the window<br />
In my heart<br />
Sleepless nights<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nuits blanches<br />
</i>What will I be <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tomorrow?<br />
Doors closed<br />
Eyes shut<br />
Soul’s a desert<br />
Waiting for another soul<br />
to come in<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Et maintenant<br />
Nuits Blanches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Minh Karlsson </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
<span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />Free-write</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1.0in; tab-stops: 158.65pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Feelings are the sort of thing that
keeps an economy moving. Without feelings it would be utterly impossible for
CocaCola</span><sup><span style="line-height: 150%;">®</span></sup><span style="line-height: 150%;"> to market their fizzy drinks to
teenagers by handing out free pops outside high school back doors on a hot
summer day when good-looking groups of teenagers hanging by. Unbeknownst to the
potential customers, as soon as the get hooked on it, as soon as they associate
a hot summer day with the pleasure of a gulp of a can of ice-cold Coke</span><sup><span style="line-height: 150%;">®</span></sup><span style="line-height: 150%;">, then they will forever be loyal customers to the
Soda Empire. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1.0in; tab-stops: 158.65pt;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Without the feeling of fear and
uncertainty, home security system companies would not be able to scare single
women with the possibility of being attacked by a stranger, by their ex, by the
coworker who flirted with them at work, so as to sell them security cameras and
charge a hefty subscription fee.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1.0in; tab-stops: 158.65pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Feelngs are what makes the economy go
around. Without the feeling of the need to be loved, admired, and recognized,
why would be need social networks and why would we be constantly checking our
phones? We check our iPhones</span><sup><span style="line-height: 150%;">®</span></sup><span style="line-height: 150%;">,
and realize that no-one has called, messaged, posted to our Facebook wall, the
feeling of emptiness and anxiety is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">unbearable.</i>
That’s what’s driving the social networking and smartphone market. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">– Jon</i>
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: .5in; text-align: center;">
<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: cyan;">_____________________</span></b><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #ff0066; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><b>The
free-write rules </b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--Set a timer for 10 minutes.<br /><br />--Start
writing as soon as you’ve read the prompt; don’t overthink.<br /><br />--Don’t lift
your pen from the paper (or fingers from the keyboard) for the 10 minutes. </span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 1.45pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 94.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 1.45pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 94.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">-- Just keep
writing whatever comes to mind, no matter how silly or irrelevant it might
sound to you; and<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 1.45pt; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; tab-stops: 94.5pt;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--No </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">editing while you write.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">--Repeat every day, develop a writing practice. You can find writing prompts elsewhere in this blog.</span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1.0in; tab-stops: 158.65pt;">
<br /></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-31608296996251260212019-04-22T15:47:00.001-07:002019-04-22T15:47:51.383-07:00The Grind Writers on Facebook<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/819686218123471/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/819686218123471/</a>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-53772256174297830782019-04-22T15:03:00.001-07:002019-04-22T15:21:11.593-07:00Updated meetings schedule<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Please email grindwriters at gmail.com </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: red;">before you attend for the first time.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<br />
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: .25in; margin-left: 6.75pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-insideh: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-border-insidev: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-overlap: never; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; mso-table-top: .05pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 21.75pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 21.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 351.9pt;" valign="top" width="469"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Grind Writers Dates 2019</span></b><span style="color: #404040;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td rowspan="3" style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 19.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: 184.5pt; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Sun Apr 28 <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.elizabethmclean.ca/" target="_blank">Elizabeth McLean</a>: "She's Terrible, and I Love Her: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'Unlikable' Female Characters."</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.2in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun July 21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 16.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.2in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Aug 11<span style="background: white;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 12.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Aug 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 19.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><s style="text-line-through: double;">Sun May 5 </s><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">date changed to:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Sept 08<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 17.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 17.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: red;">Sat</span> May 11 <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We’re at WriteOn Vancouver
Fest, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>VPL downtown 11-4</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 17.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Sept 22<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 21.3pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 21.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Oct 06<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 18.6pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 18.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Sun May 26 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 18.6pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Oct 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.3pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 30.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Sun June 09 <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://100braidststudios.com/susan-l-greig/" target="_blank">Susan L Greig</a>, Journal Lady</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 30.3pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Nov 03 <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DST ends</span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 30.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Sun June 23<strong><span style="background: white;"> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VancouverFlashFiction/" target="_blank"> Karen Schauber</a> - "The Marvels of<a href="https://groupofsevenflashfiction.weebly.com/editors-note.html" target="_blank"> Flash Fiction</a>"</span></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 30.75pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Nov 17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 22.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td rowspan="2" style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 22.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 203.4pt;" valign="top" width="271"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: .05in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Sun July 7 <span style="background: white;"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.elizabethmclean.ca/" target="_blank">Elizabeth McLean</a>: “Interiority in
Fiction - How to balance internal narrative with action</span></b>” </span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 22.5pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Dec 01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 30.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 30.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 17.1pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -13.5pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·</span></span>Sun Dec 15,
2019<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-88059257421927287242019-02-18T18:38:00.003-08:002019-02-18T19:10:54.109-08:00Ke Tou: The Ancient Sound of Respect <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Several years ago, Bonnie Nish the
long-time executive director of <a href="http://www.pandorascollective.com/executives--admin.html" target="_blank">Pandora’s </a>(literary art) Collective came to The
Grind Writers Group to do a mini-workshop with us. She brought along her
Pandora’s Box full of 3D writing prompts. I had also attended a regular evening
her co-ED <a href="http://www.pandorascollective.com/executives--admin.html" target="_blank">Sita Carboni</a> hosted called Word Whips* where people got together and wrote
to a prompt she brought. Sita set the timer
for 15 mins. and gave us a prompt (a coat-hanger).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She ex</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">plained
to us a Pandora's tradition that, since these were free-writes we were welcome to read our output </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> we would not be getting feedback on
what was read, since it was material we had </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just written – or, what </span><a href="http://sylviataylor.ca/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">local writing coach Sylvia Taylor</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> amusingly calls a “barf draft” or a “shaggy
first draft.”</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anne Lammot </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(Bird By Bird</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">calls first output “</span><a href="https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/1-Shitty%20First%20Drafts.pdf" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">shitty first drafts.</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s important that distinction be
made.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />So many non-writers (including some friends and family </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">members) s</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eem to think that the Writing Greats just sat down
and poured out </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">War and Peace, </i><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pride and Prejudice, </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or <i>The Grapes of Wrath </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in one go</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the first thing most of those
people ask even a fledgling writer is, “So, have you published anything?” as if
good writing just rolls out like sheets on a roll of paper towels.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sita explained at Word Whips that night that </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when someone finished reading we would just tap the table with two fingers
(softly, because we were meeting in the library) to indicate our support and
admiration for one of us having </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had the courage to share their first-output material to a bunch of strangers. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And that’s what we did. In turn, we have carried on that fine tradition at The Grind
Writers Group.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Tea-China-History-Methods/dp/1602201374" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="336" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxyp-vIaw8TT0woiNzLhykHpxGFmn1VwNWXBwBS4mS2ZXQ1pqQDz63hp0ASUIe8OsVX2as9kMjk7oWgCGIkssUPSnFoiS2Mq1Smv2VpXwSTfJE5ER-aIveyhg0HtRAlZl7fl74Tng1xkP/s320/All+the+tea+in+china+cover+2.jpg" width="264" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nothing new here. Except today </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was reading a book, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the Tea in China: History,
Methods and Musings </i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Wang Jian). And I </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">came across this “lovely ancient Chinese
Tea Story” Jian recounts: </span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One day, the emperor Qianlong visited the Dragon Well tea area in disguise and took tea in a small tea-house where the attendant, unaware of the emperor’s identity, gave him the tea-pot and asked him to serve his entourage.</span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unwilling to divulge his identity the emperor poured tea for his followers. This frightened his entourage out of their wits and, in their anxiety</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><b style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">they began to tap on the table with their fingers bent</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to show that they were “kneeling on both knees</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">ke tou</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">continuously” (</span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">ke tou</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">—to knock one’s head on the ground in obeisance). </span> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This story later became wide-spread and “tapping the table in respect” became part of the etiquette of drinking tea even up to the present day.</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the host presents his guest with a tea bowl and pours water for him the guest slowly and rhythmically taps the table with the bent middle and fore fingers of the right hand in a gesture of respect to the host for having been served tea.</span></blockquote>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 67.5pt; margin-top: 0in;">
<br /></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">I don’t know if Sita or Bonnie had ever heard this ancient story. But
now we’ve got a name for the tapping and I am totally down for giving <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ke tou</i> to people who’ve had the courage
to share what has just rolled out of
their pens</span>. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
________________<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*Word Whips carries on to this day meeting regularly </span><a href="http://www.pandorascollective.com/literary-events.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">at various locations</a>. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<o:p><br /></o:p></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">©2019 Margo Lamont</span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
..................................................</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Tea-China-History-Methods/dp/1602201374" target="_blank">All the Tea in China</a></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/719871284?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1" target="_blank">Goodreads review</a>:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“<span style="background: white; color: #181818;">I love tea and bought this small book while at the Ai Weiwei <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">According to What?</i> exhibition at the Art
Gallery of Ontario today. The book was written in China and translated and
beautifully presents the history of the use of tea in China through a long list
of dynasties, describes the different types of tea, where they are from, when
they are picked, how tea is prepared, the tea rituals and spiritual
significance of drinking tea - even recommending with how many people tea
should be enjoyed. Poetry, brushing drawings and stories tell the story.</span>”—Nancy</span></span></blockquote>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-88217499242847953422018-12-19T12:50:00.000-08:002018-12-19T12:50:38.059-08:00Schedule 2019Please write to (grindwriters at gmail dot com) before attending your first meeting. Thanks.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: .25in; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-border-insidev: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="height: 18.85pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 18.85pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 270.9pt;" valign="top" width="361"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cc0099; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grind Writers
Dates 2019</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Jan 06<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun June
23<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Jan 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun July 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Feb 03<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun July
21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Feb 17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Aug 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Mar 03<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Aug 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Mar 17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Sept
08<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Mar 31<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Sept
22<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Apr 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Oct 06<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Apr 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Oct 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 14.35pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; height: 14.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun May 5 </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(gap)</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 14.35pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Nov 03
</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(DST Ends)</span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun May 26<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Nov 17<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun June 09<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Dec 01<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: .5pt; mso-border-color-alt: #00B0F0; mso-border-left-alt: .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: .75pt; mso-border-style-alt: solid; mso-border-top-alt: .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.7in;" valign="top" width="163"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: .5pt; mso-border-color-alt: #00B0F0; mso-border-left-alt: .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: .5pt; mso-border-style-alt: solid; mso-border-top-alt: .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .05in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Dec 15,
2019<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-91016865667599163392018-06-30T15:11:00.001-07:002018-07-01T16:50:42.500-07:00Indigenous Style Guide: Writing with Respect<b style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide
for Writing By </i></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
and About Indigenous Peoples</i></b> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by Gregory Younging PhD </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.brusheducation.ca/" target="_blank">Brush Education Inc</a>.,
Edmonton AB: Feb. 15 2018<br />
</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">PB, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">168 pp</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
ISBN Print:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9781550597165 <br />
ISBN eBook:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9781550597196 </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book is a must-read for every
Canadian, writer or not. Gregory Youngling has done everyone a service writing
and compiling this book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is more than just a dry style guide.
(A usage geek, I actually don’t find style guides dry, but I know many people
do). </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB3KZ4q1unVb9KXksHGnCxtQFMbhm7ryJYxybGU38vebzZ1n4bAGK6Ty5EjkQISEUyk5Qf1ub6IfjroxJOQlgtZZmt50YsSCyZQM4CxbPVpf_7rv2AoQDj8avhlgFm8D0et6lHJdqliPQ/s1600/Indigenous+Style+Guide+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="215" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB3KZ4q1unVb9KXksHGnCxtQFMbhm7ryJYxybGU38vebzZ1n4bAGK6Ty5EjkQISEUyk5Qf1ub6IfjroxJOQlgtZZmt50YsSCyZQM4CxbPVpf_7rv2AoQDj8avhlgFm8D0et6lHJdqliPQ/s400/Indigenous+Style+Guide+cover.jpg" width="285" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When Younging explains what the offense
is in various word or phrases, you learn what the pain connected with it is, what the sorrow, the
trauma, and the anger are—what, in some cases, the cultural or physical violence
has been and, yes, the attempted genocide cultural or otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Born in Canada, I </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">initially</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">found<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it eally offputting to be considered a 'settler.' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I’m not, nor were my parents nor any of
my ancestors the people who came ashore and laid claim to this land centuries ago. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yet, the occupying force (Government; Crown) that was in place,
that ordered my parents to relocate during WW2 to this country where I would later be
born—that was the government of a colonial force, no matter how much time has passed.
It’s simple. We are. They’re right. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have resented that settler
label. This book helped me accept and wear it</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. By default, and not really my fault--you don't get to choose where you drop out--I'm part of settler culture. Unfortunate for me, it completely dispossesses me. (Where <the a="" and="" are="" because="" born="" british="" by="" came="" canadian.="" columbia="" containing="" course="" either.="" england="" feeling="" from="" georgia="" grew="" here="" i="" in="" is="" it="" leaves="" m="" me="" my="" native-born="" native="" not="" nowhere="" of="" parents="" possess="" problem="" re="" s="" so="" strait="" style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;" that="" the="" then="" to.="" to="" told="" troubling="" up="" was="" well="" what="" when="" whence="" with="" word="" you="">is </the></span>my place in the world? What place can I claim to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">be from? </i>Nowhere apparently. And that was hard to come to terms
with and try to accept.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Still, as I read this book, my heart
opened even more to the suffering of the indigenous peoples (note: ‘indigenous
peoples of Canada’: ok. ‘Canada<u>’s</u> indigenous people’: not ok -- that possessiveness
again…).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can’t undo what happened,
but we can acknowledge it happened. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(What we do about that, how we all handle it together—that’s another matter altogether.)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We need to fix it and make it right.
That will never happen 100%: nothing can ever un-do the taking over, all the past pain, hurt and
horror—but we can try. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And one way we can all try is by watching our language. We can make that effort to become aware of how we talk about indigenous people, how we characterize
them in language that may be deeply offensive (for very good reasons), and
what we do with their stuff, in this case specifically their stories and
history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are writing about indigenous
peoples or topics, one big takeaway from this book is: consult, consult,
consult. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Take your work to the Elders of the relevant nation and ask them to
review what you have written to ensure not only that what you’ve done is accurate,
but <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>especially that it is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your</i> story to tell. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Because as Younging
says in an interview cited below: </span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">There
are a lot of editorial issues that are particular to writing by and about
indigenous peoples. There are a lot of internal protocols and laws around
indigenous knowledge and stories that non-indigenous people just don’t know.
For example, some traditional stories are sacred, and there’s a training
process required before you have the right to tell them. Some have an
apprenticeship-like system, where someone has to train under an elder or master
storyteller before they’re allowed to tell the stories.</span>” We just need to
think about how we would feel if some stranger came along and stole our
histories and our stories and told them supposedly on our behalf, when we were
perfectly capable of telling them ourselves, and those strangers told them
incorrectly, out of context, and broke our sacred laws in the process.</span></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's all about respect. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Younging says indigenous people are not
saying ‘don’t write about us’ – they are saying, “<span style="background: white; color: #222222;">If you’re going to write about us, make sure you understand
these editing issues.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have a lot to learn. This book is
one step towards starting that process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">……………<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br />
Author <a href="http://www.theytus.com/Contributors/Greg-Younging" target="_blank">Gregory Younging</a></b> “is a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Northern
<span style="color: windowtext;">Manitoba. He’s been the managing editor of
Theytus Books, the first Aboriginal-owned publishing house in Canada, for over
13 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elements of Indigenous Style
evolved from the house style guide Gregory developed at Theytus in order to
ensure content was consistent and respectful.” (--Alberta Writers’ Guild).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s <span style="background: white;">a professor
of indigenous studies at UBC–Okanagan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Quill & Quire</i><a href="https://quillandquire.com/omni/qa-greg-younging-on-editing-indigenous-works-story-ownership-and-canadian-publishing/" target="_blank"> Q&A with Greg Younging </a>on editing indigenous
works, story ownership, and Canadian publishing is a good introduction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">©2018
Margo Lamont<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-77610048928828933332018-04-28T18:57:00.001-07:002018-04-28T19:00:50.782-07:002018 Grind Writers meeting schedule<span style="font-size: x-small;">Before you attend, please email: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">grindwriters [at] gmail [dot] com</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">We sometimes meet elsewhere; meetings may be cancelled.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Please come and join our Facebook group </b>-</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">search "The Grind Writers Group" (Make sure you put that "the" in the search words because there are two groups, one defunct.)</span></span><br />
<br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;">
<td colspan="2" style="border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 238.1pt;" valign="top" width="317"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt;">2018 Grind Writers Group schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">(skips
holiday weekends)<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sat Jan 20</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun July 8</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sat Feb 10</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun July 22</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Feb 25</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Aug 12</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Mar 11</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Aug 26</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Mar 25</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Sept 9</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Apr 8</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Sept 23</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Apr 22</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Oct 14</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun May 6</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Oct 28</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun May 27</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Nov 18</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun June 10</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun Dec 9</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 116.6pt;" valign="top" width="155"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sun June 24</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 121.5pt;" valign="top" width="162"></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-89879554557019172002018-01-19T20:18:00.007-08:002018-04-11T13:54:57.981-07:00MEETINGS SCHEDULE 2018 - The Grind Writers Group<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before you attend, please email grindwriters@gmail.com.<br />Sometimes we meet at other places, sometimes meetings are cancelled.</span><br />
<br />
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-border-insidev: .75pt solid #00B0F0; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 163.45pt;" valign="top" width="218"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">2018 Grind Writers schedule</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">skips
holiday weekends<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sat Jan 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun July 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sat Feb 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun July 22<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Feb 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Aug 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Mar 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Aug 26<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Mar 25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Sept 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Apr 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Sept 23<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Apr 22<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Oct 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun May 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Oct 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun May 27<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Nov 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun June 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #00B0F0 .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun Dec 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: .5pt; mso-border-color-alt: #00B0F0; mso-border-left-alt: .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: .75pt; mso-border-style-alt: solid; mso-border-top-alt: .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.2in;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sun June 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #00B0F0 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: .5pt; mso-border-color-alt: #00B0F0; mso-border-left-alt: .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: .5pt; mso-border-style-alt: solid; mso-border-top-alt: .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #00B0F0 .75pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.05pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Look for us on Facebook. Search "The Grind Writers." (there are two pages - make sure you put the "the" in your search words)<br /></span></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-62981512462291138812018-01-15T15:22:00.000-08:002018-01-15T15:26:13.485-08:00What question would you ask a psychic? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<i><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10 Min. Free-write Prompt:
What question would you ask a psychic about the future?</span></b></i><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE9oJnQVFae79XuNPojr1FIsWixszKOn3BgBkulTjgKMahl94P92RN-jevK3R3BjCwBbtCOQIQ78oMyY1nJSuL3aFLEdMCpno0f_HR8OYqIOvfuT6zpzzo1Kw07qrZhbhVUXu57N2VCFF/s1600/crystal+ball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="236" data-original-width="236" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwE9oJnQVFae79XuNPojr1FIsWixszKOn3BgBkulTjgKMahl94P92RN-jevK3R3BjCwBbtCOQIQ78oMyY1nJSuL3aFLEdMCpno0f_HR8OYqIOvfuT6zpzzo1Kw07qrZhbhVUXu57N2VCFF/s200/crystal+ball.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Do they remove Mr. Trump before his term is done? And is Mr. Pence even worse?
<br /><br />I’d also like to know about that “void” area archaeologists have just found in
the Great Pyramid at Giza – a void the archaeology establishment seems to be going
to great lengths to stress is <i>not</i> a “chamber.”
Oh, why stop there: I could ask the psychic a lot about that because a good
psychic should be able to go back and forth—<i>way </i>back and forth—in time. So I’d
ask who built the Great Pyramid and how’d they get all those blocks…….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My issue
around psychics is this: if I ask about a prediction of some future event and
they say “X will happen” to me—that says something I may not be too happy with
about Fate or Destiny. I don’t like the idea that our fate is absolutely fixed.
<br /><br /><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzQXf-YnkFyKadO5vFqM31Su4LSEBNHpETvt5T9oaXL8rl9r3L9_wlGN81q2nUpSamjPGgxKm1ct9aYHMxVzmDRxyatyPCAvo1LmkwSJhoB014NXQxq6gS6s36hexG46K7XzKhNnj0XWy/s1600/sleeping+beauty2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="502" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzQXf-YnkFyKadO5vFqM31Su4LSEBNHpETvt5T9oaXL8rl9r3L9_wlGN81q2nUpSamjPGgxKm1ct9aYHMxVzmDRxyatyPCAvo1LmkwSJhoB014NXQxq6gS6s36hexG46K7XzKhNnj0XWy/s200/sleeping+beauty2.jpg" width="166" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If the psychic
tells me X is going to happen, then that means fate is fixed. Doesn't matter what I say or do. Doesn't matter what decision I make. Like the way Sleeping Beauty gets the puncture by spinning wheel thingie no matter that her father banned all spinning wheels from the kingdom for her entire life previously. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I like to think
there may be a kind of karmic template, but that we can add our own
embellishments, that we perhaps can temper things a little by our actions. <br /><br />The concept of karma seems to say that. <i>In a way</i>. But then, if you experience karmic
events as they say we do—then those may be fixed. Or… are they? It gets very
complicated very fast. Are you predestined to have Experience Y to work on some
past karmic issue, well then what’s the point of things like Buddhist “right
action” if it’s already set in stone? How can you change anything by your
actions; or is that only for the next life? Does the Christian concept of free will factor in? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another
problem with consulting psychics and oracles was related by the ancient Father of History (or "Father of Lies"--take your pick) Herodotus centuries
ago about that time when King Croesus
consulted the oracle at Delphi before an important upcoming battle against the Persians. </span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC3ucCsAqX0kHb74uoG9OoV_1g1ySexwYx_Kdz0rCsGObaZiCC_tMJp9C05-9JYi1tfMEmL53FBY_GHVz-7wCjTakqRrZ8N004BRLkROPp914oh9B-WPhl3o7YYNJxxhtprjLI5Xm5AyB/s1600/delphic+oracle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1051" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC3ucCsAqX0kHb74uoG9OoV_1g1ySexwYx_Kdz0rCsGObaZiCC_tMJp9C05-9JYi1tfMEmL53FBY_GHVz-7wCjTakqRrZ8N004BRLkROPp914oh9B-WPhl3o7YYNJxxhtprjLI5Xm5AyB/s320/delphic+oracle.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Delphic oracle</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 10pt;">“One ruler who consulted the oracle was Croesus, whose kingdom, Lydia, was
located in an area that is now part of the nation of Turkey. <br /><br />Croesus was worried that his rival, Cyrus of
Persia, was a threat to him, and he sent
messengers to Delphi to ask the oracle for guidance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
The oracle said that crossing the river Halys and battling Cyrus would cause a great empire to be destroyed. Croesus
wrongly assumed that the "great empire" which would fall would be
that of his enemy.” </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(from <a href="http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/417387.htm" target="_blank">this forum</a>) </span><br /><br /><br />
<!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oops. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the writer
points out, contacting the psychic realms can be rather unreliable:</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">”The word
"delphic," meaning "ambiguous or obscure," is a reference
to the often enigmatic prophecies of the Delphic Oracle.”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No, it’s too too
complicated. I’ll just ask the psychic about the 649 lotto. I'm only out three bucks if it’s wrong.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Margo Lamont<br />______________<br />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><br />
<!--[endif]--></span>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-88607959122562114422018-01-13T21:43:00.002-08:002018-01-15T14:44:58.352-08:00Christmas - A Writing Prompt<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>At our last Grind Writers Group meeting before Christmas, "Christmas" was the season's organic prompt and I want to share the Christmas card I wrote to our members.<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">_______________________</span></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grind Writers – December 17, 2017<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .75in;">
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prompt: Christmas </span></i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Christmas is not all about presents. It’s also about presence. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this group it’s about your managing to get yourself here—putting it in your calendar; getting your writing gear out, maybe a piece printed to share; and getting here by whatever way you travel. Some of you come by car, some by bus, others cycle here, others walk. One of you comes all the way rom Surrey, another from UBC, another the West End. We draw together for this endeavour of writing, whatever it is. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Christmas—the giving part—the sharing part Christ taught: “Do Unto Others” – is about you sharing your time to be here, sharing your work, trusting us to be supportive (there’s that “Do Unto Others” thing again), and being supportive yourself. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />Supportive isn’t just saying, “Oh, that was nice” or “That was good.” It’s really listening to a piece and trying to be that writer’s ideal reader. It’s trying to see where they are coming from—and doing what </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">you</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"> can to help them get there </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 48px;">through</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 48px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">your feedback</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 48px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 48px;">("Love One Another”?) </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">and via your encouragement, your cheering on the sidelines. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADFlvNFiHhfZcsIoR-doXc5H8pNi829faz_qXCIhrmVdasXyNN3GCGtQt10jlq1PBFp-5ngVpIC-mQ9eECSBmlHxJeuCmNvdsBUKBsPs5f6abRvNtfgGV0TlwjRCQjRRv5WKs-uZatiHT/s1600/Xmas+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="681" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADFlvNFiHhfZcsIoR-doXc5H8pNi829faz_qXCIhrmVdasXyNN3GCGtQt10jlq1PBFp-5ngVpIC-mQ9eECSBmlHxJeuCmNvdsBUKBsPs5f6abRvNtfgGV0TlwjRCQjRRv5WKs-uZatiHT/s320/Xmas+tree.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />It’s about making that effort to turn out to others’ readings. About taking the time to give them a boost review on Amazon or the VPL. About sometimes being their beta reader. All of which take time and give of yourself and your energy. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />So – thank you all for giving us all the gift of </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">you</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"> all year as the we head into our 12</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">th year in 2018. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"><b><i>Merry Christmas! </i></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-right: 0.75in; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">______________________________ </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />Margo Lamont</span></span></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-36034551048339390132017-12-05T11:58:00.006-08:002018-04-11T14:01:56.149-07:00Grind Writers News Dec 2017<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;">
<img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="404" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8HJOaPo2oQeVf2n8sbh0ZWIhbBozD-1Thnnb68smjsr0uw4e0_lAkm4NNJiiAfESotyTkTzk7EBIXdki404RO0f6THe6JOoRyNVeJ4_rN8Zx3xnVNR6vFkVOg9fMR7_54jkun4bXvw8-/s400/Grind+News+Dec+2017+cover.jpg" width="313" /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here's <a href="https://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_news_-_dec_2017_" target="_blank">the link</a>.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Contents</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Isabella's Submission Party. BYOM.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2 local markets seeking content. Xmas travel
writing call. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Places to go, things to do...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Contests </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Submit. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(you know you want to)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Workshops</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">VPL's indie collection </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Other writers groups </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The photo writing prompt </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Just do it.)</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
</ul>
<div>
<br /></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-80278878990844512712017-11-21T21:45:00.000-08:002017-11-21T22:40:39.176-08:00Grind Writers today<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">I’m glad, really glad, I went to
the Grind Writers group today. But I wasn’t feeling that way when I woke up.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
<br />
I am not a morning person. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a 10 o’clock start, I set my alarm for what I consider to still be the middle of the night: 7:30am. "No! -- </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">I don’t want to write at bloody ten o’clock in the morning, why did I
get myself into this?” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Need coffee. Strong.
But only one cup because I’m going to need to order a nice big fat
artistically-topped almond milk café latte (was that enough detail for
you?) at the coffee house where we meet.
<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh, um. But. That’s
two hours down the line. One go-back. Just one go back to bed, trying to avoid
hearing those raindrops smattering down my window, harbingers of today’s predicted monsoon bringing 70mm of what makes Vancouver so dreary and damp in November.<br />
<br />
\\\<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fast forward to
12:30 when the group is over. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm so glad I went. And I’m so grateful to the others who trudged out in the rain by bike, transit, and car to the café to
join me in that inexplicably magical activity of writing.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Magic with
laptops. Magic with pens. Magic pouring into dogeared coil notebooks or into fancy leatherbound journals and everything in between. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Getting it down.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Getting what down?<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, we're all in
this huge existential cave. And we writers are standing on piles of rocks, with a pointy flint, scratching out things on the cave walls. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Scratch-scratch-scratch:</i>
I noticed this. <i>Scratch-scratch-scratch: </i>That was weird. <i>Scratch-scratch-scratch: </i>wtf was<i> that</i> all about?<i> </i> <i> Scratch-scratch-scratch: </i>That experience drained my soul. <i>Scratch-scratch-scratch: </i>This was fabulous; this made my heart sing; that hurt, this was bad; I learned thus and such……….<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our experience. Here.
Now. In this place, this consciousness, this experience of life. Ours each our
own. And all so different, but overlapping in variously-contorted Venn diagrams. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We’re getting it
down. Whatever it is to each of us. If we tell the truth, we’re not even
necessarily getting it down for others. We’re getting it down (whatever <i>it</i> is) for ourselves. It keeps us sane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
\\\<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today I brought my pseudo-Pandora’s
Box. It’s an homage to Bonnie Nish’s Pandora’s Box. She’s the ED of <a href="http://www.pandorascollective.com/" target="_blank">Pandora’s Collective</a>, a creative literary events-generating group. Bonnie brings her Pandora’s Box to writers’
groups. It’s full of many and varied items, 3D writing prompts. She hands one
to each person. It could be anything.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then you write.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I actually
agonize over the writing prompt. What will call forth those deep moments of
reflection and revelation that sometimes, if we’re lucky, happen? I try many
forms.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Writing prompts are
completely unpredictable. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes the most mundane item will bring forth a
cascade of deep and meaningful writing. And another you've laboured over is <i>meh. </i> <i><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My pseudo-Pandora’s
Box never lets me down. Maybe it <i>is</i> magic. It has, like Bonnie’s, a collection of objects
from this world. Everyone reaches in the box and chooses an item without looking. The whole idea
of free-writes is to not have too much time to think before plunging right into the writing. Writers have a propensity to overthink, well, <i>everything</i> and we can get stalled that way. We call it 'block' but it's just fear. The free-write pushes you past the fear. It gently forces you to, as the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Weekes" target="_blank">Dr. Claire Weekes</a>, advised: "Wait on no mood."</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So we have our
prompts and start to write for 15 minutes. The table goes silent. We hear the
soundtrack of the jazz that Aperture’s owner Ryul collects. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We write. It's a special kind of silence.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The timer goes off. Too soon.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">People volunteer to
read. And by the end, I am very, very glad I didn’t give in to my <i>hygge</i>-proneness today and that I got myself to
that coffee shop. So we read, our raw unedited output:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lZQGi_cW41aNgZu8GUdCW3zxuMi7tq3TjMB-Y3qOq8PTUEjk0i75DSW6MztUBBVufIbLTAtk2-pcY4zp5s2CCVh4v4BJY_wYRsFpUNY6yYNzbAZEwDaeEdGQ5jtbz8hsWHPv1apFb3A5/s1600/20171121_191558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="272" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lZQGi_cW41aNgZu8GUdCW3zxuMi7tq3TjMB-Y3qOq8PTUEjk0i75DSW6MztUBBVufIbLTAtk2-pcY4zp5s2CCVh4v4BJY_wYRsFpUNY6yYNzbAZEwDaeEdGQ5jtbz8hsWHPv1apFb3A5/s200/20171121_191558.jpg" width="121" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />T. got a Tarot card,
<i>The High Priestess</i>—didn’t like it,
but nevertheless wrote a moving piece about aspirations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFJR-Y9H8obkq-j75h9QQGufWZS2Wn-8NvYcirdXJEAEs1RY0aE7nlR2Kn7Q4g4AbmYHFOUqWdRVQ1q5tqGmUKENBmaJlXJGBC9jRn90JHM7LR5Rxac3vg5ujs9rRn6K65y5v86-6gHdX/s1600/20171121_191629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFJR-Y9H8obkq-j75h9QQGufWZS2Wn-8NvYcirdXJEAEs1RY0aE7nlR2Kn7Q4g4AbmYHFOUqWdRVQ1q5tqGmUKENBmaJlXJGBC9jRn90JHM7LR5Rxac3vg5ujs9rRn6K65y5v86-6gHdX/s200/20171121_191629.jpg" width="184" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I. got a little
jewellery box with keys inside, and wrote a 3rd person POV piece
about someone getting that prompt in a writing group and what happened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course you rarely
can finish something in 15 mins., so we don’t know where that is going, but the
point is, it was a start. The pump was primed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">G. shared some
personal struggles, beginning with a question I think we’ve all had at some
time or other as we were poised to read: “How much do I want to tell these people?”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7k5L-OXpAWgtMkZS8__zis61hgKwP25IgTsscb-_ey7ib-e-E8cs9jjf732ll42wNwEn4cNWvow2V6qE7xR9mwo_lh5btedvaUoIsq4ejgu-jyedxCki6Vp2WYM4ReBxZhZAGCCuns4FL/s1600/20171121_190646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="391" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7k5L-OXpAWgtMkZS8__zis61hgKwP25IgTsscb-_ey7ib-e-E8cs9jjf732ll42wNwEn4cNWvow2V6qE7xR9mwo_lh5btedvaUoIsq4ejgu-jyedxCki6Vp2WYM4ReBxZhZAGCCuns4FL/s200/20171121_190646.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />I got the top of an
IBM corporate souvenir, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter" target="_blank">Selectric</a></span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">® </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">paperclip holder, which took me back to my days working
for the world’s most corporate corporation.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK7mjl7RFJ2TLY4buW9KcXdhINJ_DTtVf-8kilsVkebAbQdry14uAQqLDcvI6s8PIDszskrvbGszA2NK92rtascKoJYv1t9r5MKZZR-y9l09AslogIaLcXvw_dZNW3vKUSr09mVW6EY6h/s1600/20171121_191932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="332" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglK7mjl7RFJ2TLY4buW9KcXdhINJ_DTtVf-8kilsVkebAbQdry14uAQqLDcvI6s8PIDszskrvbGszA2NK92rtascKoJYv1t9r5MKZZR-y9l09AslogIaLcXvw_dZNW3vKUSr09mVW6EY6h/s200/20171121_191932.jpg" width="148" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">J. got a little plastic superhero figurine.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZ1i7Z1aHwbGbqAYWGP-lmv69Cstg3bhU7wHnCxpMlj9svu6dGUQSgjgWVr6mN0jeQNh3WKQvsvSe0TL4WdnBO02wNe_O8Ps0G9Ol_rmO6ToMGZiE0Th3c36XX1HUZdb0HGFMdyYwTywO/s1600/20171121_192213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="448" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZ1i7Z1aHwbGbqAYWGP-lmv69Cstg3bhU7wHnCxpMlj9svu6dGUQSgjgWVr6mN0jeQNh3WKQvsvSe0TL4WdnBO02wNe_O8Ps0G9Ol_rmO6ToMGZiE0Th3c36XX1HUZdb0HGFMdyYwTywO/s320/20171121_192213.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M. drew a hand-inked envelope that had been
re-addressed many times from which she spun an intriguing tale. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei1dLGKytu74vobYX4ZDQMmzwNGlbChkBujRMGoA76Q_2Zi7ZJ2CmBWjKh1x3f7RIXy6ozw727aWESTeF4RGiSluoU2z4CrwQUrLvYLnja0UYu1KW-nLbH-GKRmcAFPMz6Dl-JzsTto-R/s1600/20171121_192344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="448" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjei1dLGKytu74vobYX4ZDQMmzwNGlbChkBujRMGoA76Q_2Zi7ZJ2CmBWjKh1x3f7RIXy6ozw727aWESTeF4RGiSluoU2z4CrwQUrLvYLnja0UYu1KW-nLbH-GKRmcAFPMz6Dl-JzsTto-R/s200/20171121_192344.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">N. wove a narrative
about his relationship with the train and cars from an old Translink transfer card
and how they affected his career at times. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDVH7iRwXhO0bNelGUS94xKW-ngb5vNd-yCP4YrbHFsgCSv2-3a5E-n_eLRcrNGLRih2Zk8Dtbz4797lYhb8dXPmJsK5mPavciYNjBgIeBujfhvw-6kxr_vIDP6PyxamsKp92gk0beVLW/s1600/20171121_192517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="336" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDVH7iRwXhO0bNelGUS94xKW-ngb5vNd-yCP4YrbHFsgCSv2-3a5E-n_eLRcrNGLRih2Zk8Dtbz4797lYhb8dXPmJsK5mPavciYNjBgIeBujfhvw-6kxr_vIDP6PyxamsKp92gk0beVLW/s200/20171121_192517.jpg" width="188" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And B. looked at
that egg slicer and embroidered a tale about a women’s encyclopedia of
inventions in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And that was just
the stuff that fell out of our pens and fingertips in a free-write. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">
<br />
It is so relaxing and encouraging to be with fellow writers who understand, who
don’t expect their cohorts to spit
out <i>Pride & Prejudice, War & Peace, </i>or <i>Ode on a Grecian Urn</i> on
a first go at it -- as the uninitiated, and friends and family, are sometimes prone to.<br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 0in;">\\\</span><br />Later people read
the work they had brought from home. More polished. Feedback before submission. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am again so glad I turned out and got there: T. read us a long and powerful poem bringing
us right into the pain she endures on a daily basis struggling to become who
she is, with powerful emotional obstacles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I got to hear N.’s poem, “Romantic,”
which spurred a lot of conversation and feedback. And N.’s draft for a magazine
piece that left us angry for all the right reasons. And another chapter in the
wonderful experimental novel from M., who is such a keen and amusing observer of human
traits and our 21st century culture.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oh yes. It was worth
it. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">It always is. Every time. Some times more than others, and this was one of
the STMTOs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And worth it to have all that conversation, exchanging all those
ideas about everything from the difference between romance and romantic; the
#MeToo phenomenon; stigma in the workplace when employees do disclose their
mental health issues; the deep anger that sours the soul in an
emotionally-abusive relationship; tender
reminiscences; personal histories and self-acceptance, and much more — as people
took a chance on reading something close to their hearts or risked reading
something not yet as perfect as they would like; as others took flights of fancy
into the past, into the future; and still others perhaps marked up on that big
cave wall how it was going in life today, maybe notched off how far they had
come towards something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tears held back.
Laughter shared. All grist for the mill—our messy, contradictory,
incomprehensible, wonderful mill of human experience here now or then
when. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">_____________________________</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Create your own Pandora's Box. You can put anything--small--in it. Common everyday objects or arcaneries. Then, every day just pick something out, and write. As Bonnie says, "Take the challenge. See what you can whip up."</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzBP8Qc6zW_UOSa-dTM33tvMNh3Vm2TYgI6pap8PqZQPBGVRHHzwEA68J7VoKrOKKxHovmJGyZ3oGMMIajwyCTB0Xhf4CAYmFTO9ZLOF-s7Ig9ZwskowAMKvx2NklifsiISPFWIzd3eCr/s1600/20171121_193255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1024" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPzBP8Qc6zW_UOSa-dTM33tvMNh3Vm2TYgI6pap8PqZQPBGVRHHzwEA68J7VoKrOKKxHovmJGyZ3oGMMIajwyCTB0Xhf4CAYmFTO9ZLOF-s7Ig9ZwskowAMKvx2NklifsiISPFWIzd3eCr/s640/20171121_193255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-79781295528672810372017-11-06T13:29:00.004-08:002017-11-06T13:29:40.622-08:00Around Table Round Robin<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little bit of fun we have at Grind Writers with spontaneous writing Round Robins. The paper that goes around is folded accordian-style, so you only get to see the previous person's added bit. Hence a certain amount of disjointed comedy, POVs changing, etc. And thanks to Beth for reading it aloud at the end. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoZmxxrDFbm75Ne2eCMte8sdx994rklKx77AheXChpQKHKITAVRVOP_SZn3s_Wjb-vNRtv0bQlW_qQxCnrTff2XNKwcV6FG0PAfsYCQxUHSnI9UrH-LzW9rbzDOAEVIj-hoavHLspQS1H/s1600/Round+Robin+GW+Nov+4-17+pg+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoZmxxrDFbm75Ne2eCMte8sdx994rklKx77AheXChpQKHKITAVRVOP_SZn3s_Wjb-vNRtv0bQlW_qQxCnrTff2XNKwcV6FG0PAfsYCQxUHSnI9UrH-LzW9rbzDOAEVIj-hoavHLspQS1H/s640/Round+Robin+GW+Nov+4-17+pg+1.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc0JImtMpyWMNfJWyEvoeEW2DVg88t3808G3_9qAzXjaKKoVJkpEGMpCxKvZHgHVJ6GLBfG5FD69zgSWmcW_Zz3Ux9EDALMGB7p6pz1FErDr-3VsIy_h3A22GfeblPXU6NYKU4ZPb2BWv/s1600/Round+Robin+GW+Nov+4-%256017+pg+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc0JImtMpyWMNfJWyEvoeEW2DVg88t3808G3_9qAzXjaKKoVJkpEGMpCxKvZHgHVJ6GLBfG5FD69zgSWmcW_Zz3Ux9EDALMGB7p6pz1FErDr-3VsIy_h3A22GfeblPXU6NYKU4ZPb2BWv/s640/Round+Robin+GW+Nov+4-%256017+pg+2.jpg" width="492" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Feel free to add your bit in the comments.<br /><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-70528074626926622012017-10-30T16:23:00.001-07:002017-10-31T12:37:28.528-07:00Unhanged, Debut Dagger, and Canadian mystery writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzg-rNNXB3b9MqqMd3ClU1mnCPrmOx7r3cPFbDRzlMA6QXwl01poHnBbjERQMZN0kUfKS2bjXaH0OzIJ4OutUzHAT6zGMRuM7wqVrtNTMUFh28txXwaloee2rlCgC31TCHnkEmDN4pOwG/s1600/Murder+is+Uncoop+cover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzg-rNNXB3b9MqqMd3ClU1mnCPrmOx7r3cPFbDRzlMA6QXwl01poHnBbjERQMZN0kUfKS2bjXaH0OzIJ4OutUzHAT6zGMRuM7wqVrtNTMUFh28txXwaloee2rlCgC31TCHnkEmDN4pOwG/s320/Murder+is+Uncoop+cover.jpeg" width="198" /></a></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;">At a recent crime writing workshop with Vancouver mystery author <a href="http://merrileerobson.ca/" target="_blank">Merrilee Robson,</a> she told us about some mystery writing places you might like to look at if you're a Canadian writing in that genre.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br data-mce-bogus="1" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<strong>1) </strong><strong> U</strong><strong>nhanged Arthur Ellis Award: <span data-mce-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f5f5f5; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; color: #ff0000;" style="background-color: whitesmoke; display: inline !important; float: none;">for Best <span data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;" style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Unpublished</span> First Crime Novel</span></strong></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;">("You have not had a novel, or novel-length work of fiction (50,000+ words), of any kind published commercially, whether: in print or electronically (i.e., e-book or published on the Internet) or selfpublished in any ge</span><span data-mce-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f5f5f5; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; color: #000000; display: inline !important;" style="background-color: whitesmoke; display: inline !important; float: none;">nre, including literary fiction under your given name or a pseudonym, and/or written alone or jointly with another author"). </span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><span data-mce-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f5f5f5; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; color: #ff0000;" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: red; display: inline; float: none;"><br data-mce-bogus="1" /></span></strong></span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
Info about it is <a href="http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/awards/unhanged-arthur-award" target="_blank">here</a>. Note: there are various Arthur Ellis competitions and the deadlines are different. Be sure to read the several pages of submission guidelines.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong><br data-mce-bogus="1" /></strong></span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<strong>2) The Debut Dagger Award (UK)</strong> <a href="https://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/debut/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<b>3) Organizations Canadian crime writers should know about:</b></div>
<ul style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<li><strong>Crime Writers of Canada </strong>- <a href="http://www.crimewriterscanada.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. They have a free newsletter you can subscribe to. </li>
<li><strong>Sisters in Crime (SINC) - Canada West</strong> -<a href="http://sinc-cw.ca/" target="_blank"> here</a>.</li>
</ul>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr_jS-DMizT6B4ZXEIqu-5noqwXmPTMNGS9O4P-HKjgadJBPXDXdUhrYDxtqyxAWGXEIbLIukU-44sodULsVRusepwlaMd3iF4uYaS04HacSbYgi4iRqk0w2xoERvMaHmBjkGj9H-mOkQ/s1600/Merrilee+Robson+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="618" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWr_jS-DMizT6B4ZXEIqu-5noqwXmPTMNGS9O4P-HKjgadJBPXDXdUhrYDxtqyxAWGXEIbLIukU-44sodULsVRusepwlaMd3iF4uYaS04HacSbYgi4iRqk0w2xoERvMaHmBjkGj9H-mOkQ/s200/Merrilee+Robson+photo.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>
<div>
<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;">____________________________________________<br /><br />Merrilee Robson is the author of </span><a href="https://www.northstarpress.com/store/p726/Murder_Is_Uncooperative.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Murder Uncooperative</a><i>, </i>(North Star Press 2016), set in co-operative housing in Vancouver, BC.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
She's <span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-size: 11pt;">curr</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ently working </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">on a historical mystery. T</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">his work in progress--</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Summer Smoke--</i>was a finalist in the </span><a href="http://mwaflorida.org/contest/winners/" style="font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">Freddie Award</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> for Writing Excellence, sponsored by the Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America.<br />____________________________________________</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">I asked Merrilee which
mystery writers she reads: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: 0in;"> </span></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">There are so many good mysteries around these days; it's hard to
choose.</span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<ul><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;">For Canadian authors, I love what Louise Penny has done with her
series set in Three Pines. I bought </span><i style="text-indent: 0in;">Deadly
Appearances,</i><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> Gail Bowen's first novel, on the recommendation of staff at
People's Co-op Bookstore on Commercial Drive and I thought her description of
political events was dead on (so to speak.) </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">I've read every one of her books.</span></li>
</span></ul>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<ul><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Iona Whishaw is a local writer who writes a series set in BC in the
period following WWII. </span></li>
</span></ul>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<ul><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Among British mysteries, I've enjoyed Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway
series, set in Norfolk, Jacqueline Winspear's Misie Dobbs historical series,
and Anne Cleeves' books set in the Shetland Isles.</span></li>
</span></ul>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<ul><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
<li>Of course there are the classics, Dame Agatha Christie, Dorothy L
Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, and a number of Golden Age Mysteries are being re-released
in print and e-books. I just found out that Mary Stewart's romantic suspense
novels are now available as e-books, many for only 99 cents.”</li>
</span></ul>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></div>
<div>
<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br data-mce-bogus="1" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">.......................................</span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Margo Lamont</span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br data-mce-bogus="1" /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br /></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-30528365480703711682017-10-16T21:11:00.001-07:002017-10-16T23:50:44.559-07:00Books You Wish You’d Written<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIEEaQ2VirIN3FIX5VTn458pOpvhR8b9veOjGKwXv1wyLS5TudkddRmKsr1CZacFbHd_z_zKkerYjwchvRTd5KfWrnXHuJtMaBGXqChVaco7lmX-Y9qsNrfe6VqvTj_MXtVnmLWLP9UaN/s1600/Liz+G+Big+Magic+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIEEaQ2VirIN3FIX5VTn458pOpvhR8b9veOjGKwXv1wyLS5TudkddRmKsr1CZacFbHd_z_zKkerYjwchvRTd5KfWrnXHuJtMaBGXqChVaco7lmX-Y9qsNrfe6VqvTj_MXtVnmLWLP9UaN/s320/Liz+G+Big+Magic+2.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Elizabeth Gilbert’s <i><a href="https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/" target="_blank">BIG MAGIC</a></i>, a captivating and useful book. It's read by EG, so listening to the audiobook is almost like having a one to one workshop with her, and it's illustrative to hear the book in her voice as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">One thing she talks about is how ideas are “out there” in the ether, in the recesses of the mass consciousness. And, that if you have a creative idea, and you don’t get on with it, the Idea offers itself up to someone else. Gilbert has a wonderful true story she relates about how that happened to her. She waited and lost her idea. So if you have an idea and you’re procrastinating on it, her advice is: get on with it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YPM_EMcM0mnPWK7Gzhoip0WsPEPHwMFAFP6GOn0G59mHNB9AdLwsMYTiCxIKF-EFMdnpi7tQ9ECpkoS_Ww_CCgeq90vY19rBJ0aaUAUAYy9RKmxFnqgKmjAk1LCVbcXXaOQwtNR8XvYt/s1600/Negative+Thesaurus+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YPM_EMcM0mnPWK7Gzhoip0WsPEPHwMFAFP6GOn0G59mHNB9AdLwsMYTiCxIKF-EFMdnpi7tQ9ECpkoS_Ww_CCgeq90vY19rBJ0aaUAUAYy9RKmxFnqgKmjAk1LCVbcXXaOQwtNR8XvYt/s320/Negative+Thesaurus+cover.jpg" width="224" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn’t have the idea for this series of books, but I wish I had. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">Written by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, so far the series includes:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
</div>
<ul>
<li><i>The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws</i></li>
<li><i>The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes </i></li>
<li><i><i>The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide To Character Expression </i></i></li>
<li><i><i>The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Psychological Trauma. </i></i></li>
<li><i>The Urban Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to City Spaces </i></li>
<li><i>The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Personal and Natural Place </i></li>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Any of them would be a practical tool to have at hand for those times when you get stuck visualizing or creating characters, and invaluable </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for those of us whose characters all tend to be too Nice, especially when your plot calls for some stinkers. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For example, in </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws, </i>you discover </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">“a vast collection of flaws to explore when building a character’s personality. Each entry includes possible causes, attitudes, behaviors, thoughts, and related emotions.” </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />And there’s its companion volume, <i>The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes: </i></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">“Real character examples from literature, film, or television to show how an attribute drives actions and decisions, influences goals, and steers relationships.” <br /><br />Each admirable trait has information under these headings:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Definition of the trait;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Similar Flaws; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. Possible Causes; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. Associated Behaviours and Attitudes; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5. Associated Thoughts; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6. Positive Aspects; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7. Negative Aspects; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8. Overcoming This Trait as a Major Flaw; </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9. Traits in Supporting Characters That May Cause Conflict; and my favourite shortcut section:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10. Examples from Film, sometimes Examples from Literature. <br />(In Positive Traits, for "Spoiled," it was Veruca Salt from <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory</i>; Scarlett O’Hara from <i>Gone With the Wind;</i> Dudley Dursley from the Harry Potter series; and Eric Bates from <i>The Toy.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is my favourite section because I can pretend I'm doing research and go watch the films "for reference." La!).</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"><br />T</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;">hey do that for each trait – in <i>Negative Traits,</i> from Abrasive right through the alphabet to Worrywart. I leave you to go and see what they did with Nagging. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-indent: 0in;"><b>QUIZ:</b> See if you can figure out which characters in literature or movies the authors chose for these three negative traits (115 traits are dissected in the book). I'll put the answers in the Comments below. </span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gossipy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Forgetful</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Self-destructive</span></li>
</ul>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No peeking before you've brainstormed a little, because recalling characters representing these three negative traits before you look, will be good neuroexercise!<br />.........................................</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<b>Link: <a href="http://writershelpingwriters.net/category/publishing/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">http://writershelpingwriters.net/category/publishing/</a></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">______________________<br />
©2017Margo Lamont<br />
</span>
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-79290831581318166492017-07-31T23:00:00.002-07:002017-08-07T00:19:12.036-07:00Round Robins: fun and folly. It's complicated. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have experimented with many and varied forms of Round Robins at the Grind Writers, and its predecessor the Closet Writers Group, over the years. Some people call it collaborative writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've done paper ones in a journal that was circulated by hand to members. That vanished somewhere and has not been seen since. Once a Round Robin goes AWOL, it is very hard to locate it again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We did a very fun one at TCW one year -- passing it around and around. Finally, the man in our group got bored with it and wrote a character who killed everyone. Well, that was that. We had a good laugh at the implausibility of it all and its abrupt ending when we finally read it through together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can imagine really fun RRs were they passed around in the pub and everyone had a shot wit</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h every contribution they made.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">### ### ###</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bunch of us wrote in turns (for about 4 or 5 go-rounds) to a prompt that Margo liked from a workshop at </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the </span><a href="http://www.sicw.ca/" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Surrey International Writers Conference</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">orkshop on Writing Historical Fiction presented by </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Vancouver's best-selling historical fiction author </span><a href="http://robertarich.com/" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Roberta Rich</a><span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For this one, we sent a Word.doc around by email. We had to add our bit within 72 hours, or pass on it and send it on to the next person. (If you don't have a time limit like that, RRs will languish in one person's inbox while they're out of town, too tired to write after work, sick, uninspired, having a life crisis...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That RR petered out when we couldn't quite agree on whether to keep it as real historical romance or set it in a made-up time and have it be a kind of fantasy historical romance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was set in Tudor England in the time of Henry VIII. Some of us (Margo readily admits to this) were lazy and didn't want to look up every detail as we wrote -- did they really drink <i>mead</i> in the 15th century? (and come to think of it, was Henry's rule the 15th or 16thC? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">[it was both]</span>) Did they have those lace cuffs she wanted to put on one gent's shirt? Did they say certain phrases? What sort of horses <i>did</i> they ride? You have to stop and verify everything for historical fiction. The research actually is great fun -- <i>deliciously distracting</i> -- but it took a long time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had built in a way to keep track of new characters any of us introduced along with their names, characteristics, and relatioship to other characters. And a system of chapter recaps. (When the manuscript became so long it was quite <span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">unwieldy</span>, Margo divided it up into tentative working chapters, something she wasn't entirely sure others appreciated but since we hadn't really developed a working structure, it wasn't always easy to discern things like that). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then there were style differences. Again, we had no structure to resolve those kinds of differences at all, never mind amongst 6-8 intelligent, imaginative women. For instance, some wanted to write sex scenes with the lustiness of the Tudor era; others wanted to have those four-poster boudoir curtains lower gently before things got too explicit. <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(Did</i> they have four-poster beds in Tudor England? What was <i>in</i> their mattrasses? How did they keep those feather pillows from becoming vermin havens? ...... you see how it goes)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Margo came to believe </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it would be so much easier to set it "somewhere in time," a time that sounded </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very much like</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Tudor England but wasn't, then be free to just make things up but with a real-sounding kind of Tudor flavour. She was in a minority, although even that wasn't totally clear. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were other issues, which I've forgotten. After a couple of rounds when the mechanics were demonstrating our house a-building was a mite rickety, w</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e had a face meeting to try and resolve things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But we'd started out just writing gung-ho enjoying ourselves, and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hadn't built any kind of decision-making structure. The truth is, too, you can't write by democracy. So w</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e ended up kind of treading water til the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">impetus to write fizzled and everyone got busy and their lives and dayjobs took over, and down down down the RR floated</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the inbox </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">until inertia ruled the day.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We did however send our output (which we all quite liked by the way) to Roberta and she was very gracious in the comments she sent us from deepest Italy somewhere, probably receiving more awards or doing research for her most recent book in her <i>Venice </i>trilogy - <i>A Trial in Venice.</i></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">### ### ###</span> </div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If a group of writers produced really stellar, publishable output, c</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ollaborative writing could get really, really complicated unless you've sorted out a whole bunch of things before you start writing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Say you decided to send it to a publisher and you have 8 or 10 people involved. They would all have to agree to the copyright and would receive royalties. The bookkeeping alone would be monstrous -- and who would </span><i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do</i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> it? Someone would have to get an agent for it; who'd do and negotiate that? And what agent would want to deal with 8 authors in a book that's not an anthology? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or would you self-publish? If self-pubbed, who would do all the work of compiling the front matter, designing the cover (and would 8 people have to agree on the cover? <i>Oy); </i>obtaining the ISBN, and holding the credit card to make those payments, doing the admin around getting refunded by the others. Who would format the manuscript for uploading if self-published. And if those tasks were all done by one or two of the group, should they get a higher royalty percentage? And who'd negotiate that?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I find my eyes getting heavy and my head lolling towards my chest just writing this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Memo to self: never write collaboratively with more than one, max two, other writers. <i>Way </i>too complicated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then there was this. Of about seven who started that Round Robin, at least two dropped out permanently at some stage. But they had already put quite a lot in a the <i>beginning.</i> Would they be entitled to equal royalties if it got published even if their input ended up being 1/200th of the total? Who would negotiate that? Who would draw up the agreement; who would hold it 'filed' somewhere? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's complicated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My feet started to hurt just thinking about all that. And when it fizzed, I vowed to myself, "No more Round Robins!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But they can be fun. So we did the uber-easy kind at the last Grind Writers. You just pass a paper around with a starter prompt. It's folded such that each person can see the contribution of the person before them, but that's all.<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So they add theirs, and round it goes. It's quick and easy and very silly, therefore fun. And, of course, usually so wildly disjointed and contorted that these can be a howl to read at the end.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's the one we did last meeting on the fly. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8m0kvv3OWnw9_UwGPm0v0WvyC86mS4yJ9q33m4bgBz7QAYxbffzIQUvJ5-r-Qnw0epWTdrdXoL-8PTckeGznDGGOs4xXCMacsLrMMtlSA9thki27fuYZZmz9k4HpgT4gF4hrBom6M97ni/s1600/Grind+Writers+Table+Round+Robin+July+23%252C+2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #9fc5e8; color: cyan;"></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXLvlkoiT1ZFa83kGgnWf0OdKme5_ZVdzY7pZIt69El9qq0WMaoCUc6zIqYf3fQJtx9ahyphenhyphenOBrmVdvBJzWtccXN20DOobq9w1-rH6i7UV-kF-iYNQUp1f9B7M2G8Qtczt240tBsy56tPgU/s1600/Grind+Writers+Table+Round+Robin+July+23%252C+2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXLvlkoiT1ZFa83kGgnWf0OdKme5_ZVdzY7pZIt69El9qq0WMaoCUc6zIqYf3fQJtx9ahyphenhyphenOBrmVdvBJzWtccXN20DOobq9w1-rH6i7UV-kF-iYNQUp1f9B7M2G8Qtczt240tBsy56tPgU/s640/Grind+Writers+Table+Round+Robin+July+23%252C+2017.jpg" width="494" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4d5051; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #e5ddd2;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">_______________________<br /><br />If you love writing historical fiction - this:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: purple;">10 questions with historical fiction author: Roberta Rich</span></b></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d5051; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #4d5051; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">March 8, 2014</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d5051; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #4d5051; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">examiner.com March 5, 2014. Roberta Rich, author of "The Midwife of Venice" and "The Harem Midwife" answers 10 questions about her favorite time period in</span></span><br />
<a href="http://robertarich.com/10-questions-with-historical-fiction-author-roberta-rich/" style="background: rgb(229, 221, 210); box-sizing: border-box; color: #e74c3c; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;">Read More</a><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See what I mean?</span><br />
<strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">National Post: March 2017</strong><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/a-brief-history-of-forceps-and-childbirth-from-the-author-of-the-midwife-of-venice" style="background: rgb(229, 221, 210); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;"><b>A brief history of forceps and childbirth</b>,</span><span style="color: black;"> from the author of The Midwife of Venic</span></a><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/a-brief-history-of-forceps-and-childbirth-from-the-author-of-the-midwife-of-venice" style="background: rgb(229, 221, 210); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">e</span></a><br />
<br />Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-46938181536197066812017-07-31T21:40:00.001-07:002017-07-31T21:40:22.541-07:00Notice about EU readers<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">European Union laws require you to give European Union visitors information about cookies used on your blog. In many cases, these laws also require you to obtain consent. </span><br />
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="color: #222222;">As a courtesy, we have added a notice on your blog to explain Google's use of certain Blogger and Google cookies, including use of Google Analytics and AdSense cookies. </span></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="color: #222222;">You are responsible for confirming that this notice actually works for your blog and that </span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: #222222;">it is displayed.</span><span style="color: red;"> ((<--here font="" is.="" it=""></--here></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #222222;"> I</span><span style="color: #222222;">f you employ other cookies, for example by adding third-party features, this notice may not work for you. </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/go/cookiechoices" style="border: 0px; color: #00838f; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Learn more </a><span style="color: #222222;">about this notice and your responsibilities.</span></div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-46713582552959349292017-05-21T15:22:00.000-07:002017-05-21T15:22:57.378-07:002017 SCHEDULE Grind WritersGrind Writers Schedule 2017<br />
<br />
<b>*Note: Important - <span style="background-color: #f1c232;">please email grindwriters@gmail.com before attending a meeting.</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<br />
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 306.9pt;" valign="top" width="409"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">GRIND WRITERS<br />
<b>MEETING
DATES 2017<br />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br />
<!--[endif]--></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun <o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jan 22<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td rowspan="12" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 13.5pt;" valign="top" width="18"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">July
8<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Feb 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">July
23 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Feb 19<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aug
5 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mar 4<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aug
20 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mar 19<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sept
9<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apr 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sept
24<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun <o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apr 23<o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oct
7<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat <o:p></o:p></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><s><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 6<span style="color: #c4bc96;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></s></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oct
22<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May
28<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nov
4<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat
<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June
10<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nov
19<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June
25<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sat<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dec
2<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 41.4pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="66"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sun<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 148.5pt;" valign="top" width="198"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dec
17</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448657549143094429.post-91237098699941590062017-01-17T19:22:00.001-08:002017-01-17T19:56:49.983-08:00GRIND WRITERS Magazine JAN 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">
<img alt=" Grind Writers News Jan 2017" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2ZXJSqyMvb4G_G8tzn0-VQnSNnL1Kn_epNsSnT7FkxPNRyt61pBYNjuhaoajHC-UxrnGPBvasORMy25E4s0SYwPJhcoh5n2EhHCus5MlyFkGKhVq_gexRJEStbiK7E2p8oTvU7tVJuVR/s400/Grind+News+Jan+2017+cover.jpg" width="307" /> </div>
<br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">See it on Issuu <a href="https://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_news_-_jan_2017" target="_blank">here</a>.</b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>3 | </b>Things to do at night by yourself</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>5 |</b> Lovin' Taylor's "barf" and Lamott's
"shitty" first drafts</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>6 | </b> Vancouver writing. New West writing.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>7 |</b> Literary Bran: the joys of regularity</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>8 |</b> Go Go Go <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">LITERARY EVENTS</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>9 |</b> Crapulous. Fard. Words that sound rude but aren't</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">1<b>1 |</b> The photo writing prompt </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">JUST DO IT</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>12-15 |</b> Submit. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">(You know you want to)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">MASSES OF MARKETS</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>16 |</b> Local writing workshops of note</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_news_-_jan_2017&source=gmail&ust=1484797533315000&usg=AFQjCNEOqrqc5wHbBxt8JIA0noadFrRlzQ" href="https://issuu.com/grindwriters/docs/grind_news_-_jan_2017" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17.7778px;" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/grindwriter<wbr></wbr>s/docs/grind_news_-_jan_2017</a><br /><br /><br /><br />
</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">(c)2017 Margo Lamont<br /><br />.<br />.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Grind Writers Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523664815682229091noreply@blogger.com0